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fro moving leisurely along and remain
inc visible, it may be, for several min
utes. Many curious accounts are re-
lated of its yagaries. One OF the most
Interesting and circumstantial is that
given by Mr.. Fitzgerald, County Done
Gal. Ireland, who saw a globe of fire
slowly descend from the Glendowan
mountains to the valley below Where
II first touched the ground 1t excavated
a hole about twenty feet square, Gas if
il had been cut out with a huge knife. J"
This was scarcely the work of a minute.
For a distance of twenty perches it
plouphed trench about four feet deep,
and. moving along the bank OF a stream,
il made a furow foot in depth.
Finally it tore away part OF. the bank
five perchcs in length and five feet
deep. end "hurling the immense mass
into the bed of the stream it flew into
the opposite peaty bank" The globe
was visible twenty minutes, and ira
versed a distance Of q mile, showing
that its progress was, for lightning,
very slow indeed. During thunder
stoims Of extreme violence on Deeside
balls Of fire are occasionally seen to
roll down the sides OF Lochnagar,
which are, no doubt, identical with
globular lightning.
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Faithful 10 the Last.
rn.tf.o..ff. N.a.,,..o.

A touching instance OF fidelity on
the part of dog has just occurred in
the east of Paris. Some geRdarme8
going their rounds day or two since
found on a waste land near the Menil-
montsnt gate a man hanging to q
shrub. His suicide was a most deter
mined one, for his legs were extended
along the ground, and his hands
touched the soil, so low was he sus-
pended. Between his legs dog lay
sleeping. The poor animal, when
aroused by the footsteps OF the
g,ndames, tried 10 make them under
stand in dumb show what had happened
to his master. The body was cut down
and carried away to the morgue, in spite
OF the iiantic protests Of the four-footed
friend, and the latter was locked ND.
There being nothing on the body 10
show its identity, the Police Commis-
sary made use OF the dog to ascertain
the abode Of the suicide. The animal
vas released and made straight fer u
house in the Hue des Haries. The
police, on arriving there, found tina, a
working. carpeutcr was missing, aud
the cog VAS recognized by the son.
cioae rs belonging to him. The ami
mi Las been adopted by some OF the
lnnsltt OF tie house.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-11
UNCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
Jesse POmerOy Working TO Escape
from PrisOn-Ehe Means
Employed.

A Boston special says: Jesse Pome-
ROY, the celebrated murderer and tor
turer of children, row serving a life
sentence in solitary confinement at the
State penitentiary at Charlestown, has
created o big sensation by being dis
covered on the eve of making his
escape. None but his mother is al
lowed to see him, and she is charged
with being the party who furnished
him with tools. The prison officials are
very reticent, but the affair leaked
out late last night. The attempt
was discovered Friday night by acct
dent in a remarkable manner. POme
roy occupied a cell under an upper
arch OF the building, opposite the door
of which is window looking ont
into the prison-yard When searched
al the tools found upon his person
when detected were a couple of very
fine saws Of sterlingsteel. For months,
evidently. the work had been going on,
and all arrangements had been made
for hasty flight when once outside
the prisOn-yard. During the regular
round Friday night, the guard, leaning
against the the window carelessly, felt
two Of the iron rails give beneath the
pressure Of his hand, and moment
later they fell Gathering to the ground.
A second glance showed that bars
at either side had been worked upon,
and but few minutes labor would
render them rs useless as the broken
ones. Hastily summoning the officials
another inspection was made, the
broken and damaged bars replaced
with perfect ones, and tour OF the
cells was begun. As though by in
stinct the body moved for POmeroys
cell. st a casual glance the two
massive iron gratings seemed impreg-
nable. but a closer scrutiny showed
that bars sufficient in The side nearest
the window to admit the body Of a
man had been completely cut through,
but 50 fastened by means OF gelatin
that the heavy Changing OF the door
refused TO shake them. Where this
celatine was concealed the guard
has not yet ascertained, though con
slant search OF the cell has been male.
Pomeroy was Immediately removed to
safer quarters and searched. but no.
thing wos found on his person save the
two slender saws. He refused to dis
close who furnished them, where the
pelatine had been obtained, or how
long the work had been going on. The
first attempt 10 escape was made some
nine years ago. Then POmeroy was
employed in the brushfactory, and
spent his leisure moments in loosen
ing a boulder of rock that made
at the same time the outer wall
of the prison and the wall Of his
cell. For years, evidently, he had
worked on that rock, and had finally
succeeded in separating it from the sur
rounding wall 10 get it out OF the
way was theneXt question, and, thought
less Of the consequences, he forced 1t
outward slowly but steadily, until one
day the guard, looking down the mas
sive wall, saw the projecting boulder
and made an investigation. The causc
was discovered. Pomeroy removed. and
from that day he has made no other Mt
tempt to leave his jailers summGrl.y.
At the prison the officials are uncom-
municative, and will give no particulars
to the press.
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noblemon's history was carefully inves-
ugated and the above facts were re-
vealed. A detective offered to go to
Washington with two otlaer members
Of the department and identify the
Count, but the offer was not accepted.
and it is presumed thattbe engagement
was broken off,
One Of the detectives who was en-
gagged in making the investigation said
yesterday that he did not discover that
the Count married Caroline Lester, the
daughter of Ralph Lester, OF Roches-
ter, and niece of Professor William s.
Tyler, Of Amherst College, as reported.
The detective also said 1.-THE Young
lady of whom the Count stole the da-
mond was not the daughter of Ma
thaniel Wolfe, Jr., of Fifth ave-
Due and Twenty-sixth street, but Julia
Lomelino, whose mother lived in lit
tie brick house on Twenty-fourth street
near Fourth avenue. j remember when
working on the case / had occasion to
call on gentleman up town, whose
daughter, it was rumorod, had become
enamored Of the Count. My visit dis
closed the fact tha the supposed
daughter was the gentleman's wife. and
when he discovered that she had been
flirting with the gay Count there was
music in the air.
The fact that young Count Mitkie-
wicz was successful in his suit with
Miss Lester is confirmed by advices
from Amherst, Mass. The couple were
married in 1874, i'll Grace church, at
Amherst. by the Rev. Henry Allen, a
son.in-law OF Harriet Beecher Stowe.
A conspicuous feature of the event was
the absence Of the bride relatives.
After this ceremony the couple
were remarked by a Catholic priest
in the hotel parlor. The wedding
tour extended to New London
and other places. Subsequently they
travelled good deal and went
abroad. On their return they sepa-
rated for awhile. but came together
again, and in 1882 were living quietly
at the Amherst Hotel. 1t was there
that The Countess died in 1885, leav-
ing several little children. The Testers
became reconciled to the marriage and
helped their daughter in a pecuniary
way, but the son-in-law was always re-
Parded with suspicion from the time
his record was looked up. Many Am
herst students in the days of 1874
remember the Count well, because he
beat them at poker and billiards with
ease and was always in for racket.
The William l.. Paine who is said
to be associated with Count Mitkiewicz
in the Chinese improvement scheme IS
the son of one of the most prominent
and wealthy citizens of WIlkesbarre.
The old gentleman has n cottage at
Glen Summit, and his family spend
fhcir enmmers there il luxurious ease.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-11
JOET r.. HAMiETON,
Supervising SurgeOn.General of the
Inited Mates Maine NOspitni.

John i. Hamilton shows great bust
ness aptitude in his official capacity as
Secretmy-General of the Ninth Inter
national Medical Congress. now in ses-
sion in the Federal capital. He has
plenty to do.
The distinguished young doctor hon
orod with the Office stated was born at
Otter Creek, Jersey county, Illinois, in
the year 1877. He was graduated from
Rush Medical College. Chicago, Feb
mary 3, 1869, and practiced his profes-
sion in the State of Illinois up to 1874,
when he passed the examination for and
entered the regular army as assistant
surgeon with tire rank of first lieuten-
ant. From that time until May 6, 1875,
he seived at the cavalry depot, st.
Louis. He was afterward ordered to the
Pacific coast. and served as post sur
geon at Fort Colville, Washington Ter
ritoly, from May 81, 1870, up to April
-, 1876. After resigning his commis-
sion May 81, 1876, he passed an exam
ination for and entered the marine-hos-
pital service rs assistant surgeon OctO-
l,r 81, 1876. He served in New York
city up to June 81, 1877. when he was
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-11
A srA.GULL's sTRATAGEM.
Frying 10 Break u mussei OR the
Head OF an OrnithOIOgist.

81 had n very singular experience
last Sunday" said tradesman whose
shop in Oakland is adorned by the
sign " Ornitbological BaritIes, y butwho
on q pinch would sell a dog or rabbit.
81 was walking on the beach, not very
far from the CbG House, and bad just
noticed that an unusually large number
of sea-gulls were flying over the sands,
When a hard substance struck me yio-
ltntly upon the head and staggered
me. Luckily my hat was very thick and
/ am blessed with tOicrably solid
skull. SO ! soon recovered myself, and |
was looking about to ascertain what had
hit me, when l was greatly startledby a
weird and ghosuy huttering OF wings
a foot above me. A great gray gull
had narrowly escaped alightlng upon
my shoulders. He just succeeded in
checking his impctuous descent as his
feet almost touched ne. With queer
kind Of half-frightened cry he was again
into the air. But what had brought
him so close to me ! soon found out.
Living on the sand was the thing that
had given me the blow upon the head.
II was q large black musscl, and the
sea-eull had dropped it from a
dizzy height upon my unotlcniing
scalp. | have studied the habits OF
these birds pretty carefully, and }
knew very well why he had done it.
He was trying to get at his dinner aud
as the shell Of the mussel was still un-
broken and | wished to see him try
again | walked couple OF hundred
yards away and then turned to watch
his movements. Seeing that the coast
was clear he quickly flew back 10 the
place where tie musscl had fallen,
seized it in his beak, and, again rising
high INTO the air, he let 1t drop. He
followed it closely us it fell, keeping
almost beside it during the greater
part OF the descent, and only mode
rating his downward rush when
he was in DANCER OF dlshinS hlmself
upon the beach. The mussel struck
tie sand, but the shell Was still un-
hchen, and, indeed. it vas very cyi-
dent to me that the soft ground that re-
celyCd it would never lay 1t open. Then
! fuug the musscl 20 distance, ami
The gull. seeming to lake this as hint
that ny head was lot a chopping-bl
.ciZtd his troublesome dclcacy and
few away. 1 SAW him turn Il little IN
land. Use once more to a great height,
dart swiftly down, and then wing his
way out to SEA. [ found that many
stones lay at the place Of his last de
scent: so, doubtless, his perseverance e
Was at length rewarded and ne had
gone of to some lonely rock to dine.
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ordered to Poston. Dr. Hamilton was
promote to surgeon on June -, 1871
by order of Surgeon-Gencral wood
worth he has been n member OF every
examining board convened siace No
venber, 1870.
Having been ordered to inspect the
relief stations on the Maine coast re-
commt ndatiOns were made by ham
which resulted in tn" entire reorganiza-
ton Of the service at those posts. While
Dr. Hamilton was in charge of the BOs-
ton Hospital the expenses OF Its man
agement were reduc, d more than S},O0O
during the first year. lie inspected
the Marine Hospital at st. Louis, AMI
was chairman of the Board OF Inquiry
10 investigate charges against the sur
econ in charge. The DOctOris mem
Der Of the Illinois State Medical AS
socjation, the American Medical AS
.ociation, the Public Health As
ISOLATION, and the Boston Medical ii.
brary Association. He contributed
many articles to The New York aud
Poston medical journals, prepared a
history of the marine hospital service,
and revised regulations in the Surgeon
Generals Office previous to his promo
ton to his present position. On March
q. 1879, he was appointed supervising
Surge General marine-hospital ser
vice, and on April 3, 1879, was con
fiImed as such by the United States
Senate. He is one Of the youngest o
the executive officers OF the congress
hut upon him. more than any Other
msp, the work Of making it q success
has devolyed, and to him more than t
any other the credit OF making it sue
cess will be due,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-11
Lemon Eiixir.
APLEAsANT LEMON pRINK.

Cures indigestion, heac ache, malaria, kidney
tease, fever, chills loss Ot appetite, debility,
and nervous prosiratiOn. by regulating the
Liver. stomach. Bowels, Kidneys, and Blood
Lemon Eiixir Is prepared from the fresn
Juice Of Lemons. combined with other vegetable
liver tonics, cathartlcs, aromatic 5t'mulAnts,
and blood purihers.
". A. james, Bell station, Ala, writes: |
have suffered greatly from indigestion or dys-
persia One bottle Of Lemon Elixir did me
moro good than all the medicine have over
iGk6n.
AN OLD CITIZEN OF ATLANTA, GA.
BY the recommendation OF Rev. c. c. Davis.
used DR.. Mozleys Lemon Elixir for severe
chTCnlc case Of indigestion, palpltation. ana
Irregular action OF the heart, with constipation
and liliousDesa | also suffered greatly win
gravel and glsat pains In the back ana sld-
neys much OF tho time unable 10 stand alone:
was treated by many physicians ana used
many remedies. but got no relief Dr. MoAiey' ;
Lemon Elixir alone has made perfect cure OF
all these diseases. / am now well man- NY
wife has for many years suffered greatly w,sh
constipation and sck-headache, from when sac
could get no relief. The Lemon Elixir has
permanently cured her. a. q. ARNOLD,
- Ella street. Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by druggists. 80 cents aud 81 per bottle.
Prepared BY u. MOTLEY, NJ. d.. Atlanta, Ga
an 1-SutOcifrm
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4 Vrsan.ulnr Bit OF Land North Of
the Amazon Becomes an
dependent.
fLondon Telegraph.

The tract of land which lies between
Frazil and French Guiana, and which
was a no mans land, has been declared
by It's inhabitants an independent coun-
tiv. The Republic OF Counaui, as 1t Is
called. is 2l,OO0 miles in extent, the
coast line is 1877 miles long, and the
population is ZOO persons, one half of
whom dwell at Counani, the capital, IN
thiIty-fye houses. The bulk OF these
are descendants Of Maroons, or slave
refugees from RraziI; but learn from
NJ. Eoissct, the agent OF the new
Acdged republic in France, that thor
sympathics are entirely French. In
1853 they begged to be annexed to
France. but the French Government
declined, in observance Of treaty en-
tered into with Brazil in 1871, which
declared COunani neutral soil.
Ecpulsed but not batled, the natives
unanimously set up a republic, with a
French journalist VI. Jules eros, at
its head. The other members Of the
Government are likewise Frenchmen,
living in France, and the French Ian
ousge is rendered official in tho new
bonn State. have before me the frs,
SO. Of the official journal Of Couuani,
.eled LIS NoWcNcs dc Ff1nce II dies
fojluiCs. JoUlam Ofici7i p. IN Re-
trhEqUr. La GayGac Mi-pcnisnfc,
whose Offices are at the Legation Is,
lUe 90 Louvre, is an Interesting
little penny sheet and is to come
out twice monthly. The official
column contains decree signed at
Fanyos, n suburban district, by the
Lie President appointing ". Guignes
Minister Of State and Grand Cnaucel
lor Of the Order of the Star OF Con
mani. Another and older decree instI.
tu;es the Order Of the Star OF COunani,
Of which there are to be 10 grand
crosses, 20 grand officers, 30 command
ers, 100 officers, and an unlimited num-
btr OF knights. The star, OF which /
saw a colored drawing at the Legation,
is undoubtedly a tasteful one. NJ.
Roisset tells me that after VI. Gros
leaves France very few decorations
will be any longer given away, 50 that
this distinction will become a very rare
and hence highly-prized one.
The resources of the country consist
Of agricultural products. minerals, tim
Der, and cocoa, $1,000 worth OF which
is annually exported; India rubber,
cotton, sarsaparilla, tobacco, vanilla,
coffee, maise, rice, potatoes, dates,
poyayas, pine-apples, oranges, lemons,
&c. Breeding horses, cattle, and sheep
is also very profitable. A line Of yes
sells will be run between Counanl and
Cayenne on one hand, and Para, in
Brazil, on the other.
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HrNENG.
The More Common Kinds Con
trasied with the sheet ANA
the GlObuiar.
lChamhors,s journal.

Every one is familiar with the fact
that lightning does not spring direct
from cloud to cloud or to the earth, but
pursues Zigzag course. This is due
TO the fact that the air is not equally
humid throughout. Electricity always
takes the path which offers least resist
auce to its passage. Damp air is a
much better conducting medium than
dry air; consequently the lightning
selects the dampest route, avoiding the
drier strata and zones it encounters,
and advances. now directly, now
obliquely, until it reaches the opposite
cloud, where it subdivides into num-
Der Of forks. Owing to the resistance
it encounters in its path intense heat Is
generated, which causes the air to ex-
pand.
Immediately after the flash the air
again contracts with great violence and
with loud report, which is echoed and
It -echot d among the clouds. The re-
port reaching the ear OF the listener
from varying distances is drawn out
into series, and. being still further
prolonged by the echoes, the roll OF
the thunder Is produced. 1t is q curl
GUS fact that, although the sound OF
thunder is exceeding loud when heard
near at hand, the area over which it is
audible is comparatively circumscribed.
The noise of cannonade will be heard,
under favorable conditions, at dis
lance OF nearly 100 miles, while the
sound of thunder does not travel over
fifteen miles.
The occurrence OF the thunder and
the lightning is, of course, simultane-
Gus; but as light travels faster than
sound-its passage is practically In
stantaneous-the fash may be seen
several seconds before the thunder is
heard. The distance of thunder may
thus be approximately estimated, an
interval of five seconds between the
fash and The thunder-clap being allow
al TO each mile.
shed-ligbining has the appearance
OF "a sheer OF fame momentarily illu'
minatipg pant OF the sky or cloud sur
face. II is in reality bat the reflection
OF lightning flashing beyond the hori-
zon or behind the clouds, and at toe
great a distance for the thunder to be
audible.
But the most remarkable OF ali the
manifestations of electricity is globulaI
J lightning, in appearance like a bali Of
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lows as you ever seed, as they'd hail
the Yankees on the other side and
sing:
The Yankees came 70 Fredericksburg.
10 whip the southern rebels,
But the rebels they changed the game,
And whipped 'em like the devil.
Then bum. bum. bum, bum. bum,
We whipped 'em like the devil.
Then old burnside. no rode up.
And 10 stood right straight In his saddle.
And he waved his sword and givo commanu
For The ankees 10 schiedaddle.
Then bum, bum, bum, bum, bum,
For the Yankees 70 schledaddle.
"The boys went back to their camps
erein," continued old man Plunkett,
and Tom lac spoke for the first time in
three days, as they stacked their arms :
cts just because they change their
generals, the reason we whip EN- 50
easy
"And the fellows sung ont:
"'Now, there he goes on change
CyQin. y"
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Mysterious Eappinsq.

Having heard Of the knocking on a
tenant house belonging to Mr.. Jesse
+. Cleveland, in the upper part Of
Grecnville county, and knowing that
Captain 4. Is. 1allcy lived near the
place, we insisted ca his giving US all
The information he had on the subject.
We took the oppo. tunity to interview
him for the further reason tat he IS
well known to most OF our real erS rs
being extremely practical and not
having the tincture OF romance about
lis make up. The following Is the
interview:
"Will you describe the knocking on
Mr.. Lockaby's house ?"
81 visited the house in cOdpany
with Mr.. Jesse L. Cleveland and two
other gentlemen one evening for the
purpose Of investigating the rappings
which had so much disturbed the occu-
pants OF the house, Mr.. and Mrs. Locka-
by. The building is loghouse. having
the cracks lined on the outside with
sheeting plank. We had been there
but short time, aud Mr.. Lockaby and
his wife retired, when we heard a gen
tie rapping on the middle of the
wall opposite the bed upon which
Mrs. Lockaby was lying. After short
intervals the knocking was repeated
with greater force another interval,
when it was repeated with so much
force that it Jared the house, and the
noise could have been heard 300 yards
or more. Then it gave e long stroke,
apparently beginning at the top OF the
wall and making violent scrape down
ward, like some one scraping the floor
with bis foot when he wished to make
as much fuss as possible. In about
five minutes came heavy blows against
the wall, jarrng the whole house. At
short intervals the knocking was r..
peated three or four times. The rap
pings were kept up at short intervals,
interpreted with q noise like some one
saving plank rapidly with a coarse
saw. This continued until about >
o'clock A. NJ"
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL,
40. 40 NORTH EIGHTH STREET

The twenty third session Of this school VIII
begin TI URSDAl. sEPTENBER 22D.
CHARGES FOR THE SESSION;
Elementary English and Mathematics. ..... $50
Higher English aud Mathematics. ........... ~
Latin. Greok. Frouch, German. oacn........ II
Clergymens sons..............-...... y
II a boy studies more than two Of those lan-
guages no charge Is made for the third ani
fourth.
For two or more boys from inc Same FAMILY
A deduction Of $40 will bo made from zach bill
over $40.
Payments ~ follows: Ton dollars the day OF
entrance: the balance in three. ak AMI nine
months from the 18th day of september, ISL.
Circulars at the bookstores.
THOMAS II. NORWOOD,
PRINCIPAL
Sc Elm No. III north Eighth street
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DICHMOND CONSERVATORY OF
IL MUSIC.
No. TWIST GRACE STREET.
Miss. b. a. CLEMENTS, PRINCIPAL


Miss MATTE READY Gov ras'1rl con-.
scryatoiy of Music, Boston. Mas. N,l.' f.l
Harmony.
MRS r. \. CLEMENTS. Yocsl Cl,ur. lat
sight Reading.
PROFESSOR 4. Z. UNKFL stuttgart Dor..I.,-
tory Germany . Piano ami tu.rn iH I'Ts..t
Miss IFIIE MNOR Nupd of Cn'lH.....
Miss IULiE WILLIAMS, MISS CLARA HGhNl.
MRS. ". l. NIL, Piano.
|. PROFESSOR JOHN KEN,NiCH, N.m .lt
CorueL
PROFESSOR ------, Organ.
MRS NJ. /. BOWS. Guitar ans Banjo
Moderate terms. New ca-s.nsua fu.' pub
lished session opens SEPTEMBER ltIi
POI f-~l, M. .~H.I..